Björnska in the Maia Song Contest

Björnska has participated in the Maia Song Contest since the first edition, also hosting the first contest in its debut. The country was very successful in the early editions of the contest, placing in the Top Five on three occasions, but has received mixed results in recent participations.

Björnskfestivalen
Originally, BTV intended to select Björnsk entries internally but eventually opted for a national final in the form of Björnskfestivalen. The show proved a ratings success, with the format selecting every Björnsk entrant until #16, when Øén took over the role of national broadcaster and decided to utilise internal selections instead.

Since #22, the Björnskfestivalen has returned, run jointly by the two broadcasters, until the selection for #28 when BTV hosted alone.

History
Björnska has a successful record in the Maia Song Contest, qualifying to the final on most occasions, and placing in the Top 5 thrice. Additionally, it hosted the first edition in the capital city of Farsknordi.

Maia Song Contest 1-10
The first person to represent Björnska was Emil Berg with his song "Du swipa höger", which placed 4th with 91 points. This meant that Neon Jungle, who represented the country in the second edition, were auto-qualified to the final, where they placed 11th with 88 points. The third series of Björnskfestivalen was won by rock-band Five Knives with their song "Savages". This earned Björnska their best placement to date in the contest, coming 2nd with 160 points, second only to winner Temekylopia. Auto-qualified to the final once again, Rebecca Black represented the country in the fourth edition where they placed 14th with 103 points, the country's placement at the time. In recognition of this, BTV announced a budget increase and format shake-up of the national selection which included a 'Super Final' round. This format was first used in Björnskfestivalen 5, which was won by i-La with her song "Hungry" - who went on to place fifth in Maia Song Contest 5.

The superfinal round was short-lived, as the aforementioned format changes were later reversed for the sixth series, wherein Oh, Be Clever won with the song "Next To You" through a mixture of international juries and national televoting. They placed a respectable tenth in the final. This classic format was kept for the next two editions, where Highasakite and AURORA placed fourteenth and seventh respectively. In the ninth edition of Björnskfestivalen, a tie for the top place led to a temporary reintroduction of a superfinal, with an online vote serving as the tiebreak. Walking On Cars won with 73.9% of the vote, going on to compete at Maia Song Contest 9 with their song "Speeding Cars" which narrowly qualified, ultimately placing a disappointing seventeenth - to date, the worst placement for a Björnsk act. For the tenth edition, a special 'All Stars' edition of Björnskfestivalen was held. Leah McFall was selected as the entrant with her song "Home" which ended up twelfth in the final.

Maia Song Contest 11-19
The eleventh Björnsk entry was "Happy Pills" sung by Weathers, who managed to qualify from the second semi-final to land the country a place in the grand final once again, ultimately ending in twelfth place. The twelfth artist, Matt Wills, was internally selected by BTV to represent the country after being the runner-up in the previous edition of Björnskfestivalen. His song, "Set You Free", was selected through another national selection, though it failed to qualify to the grand final. Finishing in a disappointing 17th place in the second semi-final, this marks the first time that a Björnsk act did not perform in the final, and to date the only occasion. As expected, BTV will pushed through reforms to the national selection format in response to this - including a simplification of the event and the removal of international jury voting. This was to "bring back the glory days [of success]" according to event organisers. It was ultimately the Björnsk-Lazani artist Ängie who won the selection with her song "Spun". She therefore represented the country in Maia Song Contest 13, ultimately placing twelfth in the grand final. In the run-up to Björnskfestivalen 14, BTV was criticised by the Regulatory Council of Languages (RCLB) for failing to properly represent the linguistic diversity of the nation at the Maia Song Contest. Subsequently, all shortlisted entries had lyrics in a language other than English. The edition was won by MAIA and their song "Tordenkys", performed in Danish, making it the first non-English entry from Björnska and the first song to feature lyrics in another language in thirteen editions. The song qualified, the first Danish-language song to do so, and placed 20th in the final. In preparation of Maia Song Contest 15, BTV internally selected Paloma Faith and gave her the opportunity to perform six songs. Three songs qualified from a jury-only round, from which a public televote solely chose "Crybaby" as the national entry. Despite the best efforts of Faith, the song became the second Björnsk entry to fail to reach the final, placing thirteenth with sixty points in the second semi-final. In the run-up to the sixteenth edition, Celtian-Francophone broadcaster Øén assumed the role of national broadcaster following financial troubles at BTV. They internally selected duo Angus & Julia Stone and their song "Château" to mixed success, as although the pair managed to bring their country back to the grand final, they placed 22nd overall. Øén then announced their intention to internally select the entry for #17, which resulted in the participation of electronic artist Virtual Self and his song "Ghost Voices", which placed 10th in the grand final. This was the country's best result since the eighth edition, and Øén producers took this as a sign that internal selection was a working method for Björnska. It was therefore repeated in Maia Song Contest 18, with the broadcaster internally selecting the pop song "Back to Church" by Alyson Stoner. Placing a respectable seventeenth, this reaffirmed to the public that internal selection should continue, however this luck soon ran out. For the nineteenth edition, the broadcaster responded to criticism that their internally selected entries were "too safe" by choosing the song "Mind Games" performed by Colours. The song was noticeably less mainstream in sound, but fared very poorly at the contest, coming second-to-last in the semi-final - the worst position for a Björnsk entry to date. The following public backlash led to Øén withdrawing from the contest, and there was no Björnsk entry in the twentieth or twenty-first editions.

Maia Song Contest 22-present
Following a two-year absence, Björnska returned to the contest in Maia Song Contest 22, when BTV decided to take back over as the national broadcaster. They brought back Björnskfestivalen for it's sixteenth series, receiving near-unanimous support from Björnsk maiafans. This came with a new format, consisting of four "duels", where the winner of each progressed to a four-song final. Øén was asked to aid the selection by selecting two entries from Celtia and Noufrançais, and the selection also included two returnees and two international wildcards alongside the two entries selected by BTV. The grand final, consisting of four songs, used the traditional mix of national televoting and international juries. They selected Barbara Opsomer with the French-language "Ta plus belle insomnie", which came second-place at Maia Song Contest 22. This is the country's joint-best result, and their best result in twenty editions. Owing to this success, Björnskfestivalen was renewed for a seventeenth edition, with a similar selection method. Each broadcaster selected three songs, with two second chance entries and two international wildcards. Gery-Nikol won the show with her bilingual song "I'm The Queen", becoming the second consecutive Kashyk national to win the selection.

Contestants
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Spin-offs
Björnska has competed in four spin-offs, winning two of them - Christmas in Maia and Mascvision Song Contest 2 by artists AURORA and Crywolf, respectively. The country also placed third in CupcakKeFest 2.

Voting History
12 points from Björnska went to...
 * 1. In the twelfth edition, Björnska could not deliver a valid set of points due to a televoting malfunction, and no back-up jury was prepared.
 * 2. In the nineteenth edition, the country could not air the final due to a Celtian nationalist attack on the broadcasting centre, though Dacre Montgomery delivered a pre-recorded "good luck" message on-air.

Commentators and Spokespersons

 * 3. Although the Björnsk televote malfunctioned during the twelfth edition, Nikki Grahame apologised on the live link and offered "[her] own points" adding "I'm not sure if you will want them though!". The offer was declined by the MBU. In the nineteenth edition, the country could not air the final due to a Celtian nationalist attack on the broadcasting centre, though Dacre Montgomery delivered a pre-recorded "good luck" message on-air.